List of World War II aces credited with 10 victories

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Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.

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  This background, along with the symbol "†", indicates that the pilot was killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or was killed in a flying accident during World War II.

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Spick 1997, p. 230.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Spick 1997, p. 229.
  3. ↑ Spick 1997, p. 217.
  4. ↑ Spick 1997, pp. 232–233.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Spick 1997, p. 234.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Keskinen 1978, p. [ page needed ].
  7. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 448.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Spick 1997, p. 233.
  9. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 278–279.
  10. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 99.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Spick 1997, p. 225.
  12. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 148–149.
  13. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 183–184.
  14. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 481.
  15. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 132.
  16. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 136.
  17. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 142.
  18. ↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 107.
  19. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 255.
  20. ↑ Spick 1997, p. 231.
  21. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 291.
  22. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 339–340.
  23. ↑ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1499.
  24. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 378.
  25. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 517–518.
  26. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 561–562.
  27. ↑ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 600.

Bibliography

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  • Shores, Christopher; Williams, Clive (1994). Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII. London, United Kingdom: Grub Street. ISBN   1-898697-00-0.
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